Throwback Thursday! Natural Hair (Repost)

Hi all! This is a repost and not much has changed since I first posted.


It's been forever since I made any posts about my natural hair. In fact, I haven't posted anything since I told you all that I went natural. And that was over 2 years ago.  I have only shared some of the hair products that I like and the natural hair events that attended. Why haven't I shared anything in all this time? Well, I'm not a big fan of taking photos. And when I do take them, they always look awkward to me. So that pretty much keeps me from posting pictures of myself and progress of my hair. I do, however, have a few photos that I don't hate. So I will post them below with the approximate date.
Also, I don't have a rock solid regimen. I cleanse every 7-10 days (or as needed) and deep condition each time. Sometimes I pre-condition, henna, and try other treatments.  My go to styles are braidouts, twistouts, and I am still perfecting the wash and go.  My fave brands at the moment are Pura Body Naturals, Oyin Handmade, and Shea moisture. Though I am always trying new products and have plenty new brands on my to-try list.
On to the photos.

May 2009-When I decided I was going natural

January 2010

June 2010

September 2010-I twisted my hair for my cousin's wedding.

March 2011
















May 2011

October 2011(photoshopped)

December 2011 - Wish I had a powder puff handy when I took this one.
Othewise is like it. It was for Essence Magazine.
Braidout on moist hair. I can't remember which products I used.

March 7th 2012 Braidout on damp hair

March 15th 2012 Braidout on moist, but not wet, hair

Throwback Thursday! Early Etsy days.

These are the first few items I sold on etsy. Look how terrible these photos are. LOL. That first item was from 2008 and etsy was a different then. You could get away with not having the best  photos and many shops (mine included)  were a mishmash of  the sellers' handmade items.

Then Etsy started changing. Photos became paramount. And the collective look of a shop was extremely important -from the banner on down.  As etsy started to change I soon learned that I need to change too. Especially since my sales were little to none.  I began to pay more attention to what was working for successful sellers/shops and tried to implement those changes into my shop. My photos (slowly) got a little better and I'm still working on getting the best shots. Also, I spent more time editing the sections of my shop such as the bio, shipping policies, payment,etc,...  And don't even get me started on SEO, tagging, branding, and all that-i'm still working on getting that down.  Also, as social media exploded, I made sure to join the networks that could possibly help me reach customers. Some of them seemed ineffective but I still decided that it was better to promote on those networks than not. Though I must admit that I've dropped the ball a bit on the social media side. But I plan to change that and make other changes too. Especially making more jewelry!!!!! I've been so busy trying to promote the few items in my shop instead of making more stuff. But trust me, new items will be rolling out soon.

Anyway, those were my early etsy days and though my shop and brand  is not where I'd like it to be, it's much better than where I started.


October 2008


October 2008


April 2009

September 2009

Here and now